MOU Signed with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Towards Implementing a National Flood Mapping Program

As part of the Government of Jordan’s efforts to take actions to help mitigate the effect of floods and flash floods in the Kingdom, the Minister of Planning Dr. Wissam Rabadi and the Ambassador of Switzerland to Jordan Mr. Lukas Gasser signed today an MOU for cooperation in the fields of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, specifically in Flood Hazard and Risk Mapping. The MOU was also signed by MOU beneficiaries, the Minister of Water and Irrigation and the National Center for Security and Crisis Management.

The MOU specifies the general goals of the national flood mapping program and the contributions that will be made by each party. Jordan has a longstanding partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Swiss government continues to support the Jordanian government on a number of priority projects in vital sectors like water and education.